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Just hours after Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera was asked to leave the
101st Airborne for revealing tactical information about the unit, Mr. Rivera attempted
to redeem himself by giving the precise location of fired NBC war correspondent
Peter Arnett.

Mr. Arnett, who was fired by NBC for giving an interview to Iraqi TV in which he said
that the U.S. war plan for Iraq had failed, was shown to be moving in a remote
region near the oil-rich town of Kirkuk.

"To all my buds in the 101st - wherever you are - go get him, dudes," Mr. Rivera
said, pumping his fist in the air.

But Mr. Arnett seemed to have a surprise of his own up his sleeve, appearing on
television a few minutes later in his new role as a war correspondent for The Food
Network, the only cable network yet to fire him in his decades-long career.

Mr. Arnett appeared with satellite photos of Mr. Rivera, saying, "I'm sure many of you
in the 101st Airborne would very much like to know where he is at the moment."

On CNN, Retired General Wesley Clark said that it would be helpful to the military to
know the precise locations of both discredited newsmen, but cautioned, "I hope our
determination to take out Geraldo doesn't distract us from the equally important task
of taking out Peter Arnett."

JWR Contributor Andy Borowitz, a former president of the Harvard Lampoon, is a regular humor columnist for Newsweek.com, The New Yorker, The New York Times and TV Guide. Recognized by Esquire magazine as one of the most powerful producers in television, he was the creator and producer of the hit TV series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and producer of the Oscar-nominated film Pleasantville. He is the author, most recently, of "Trillionaire Next Door: The Greedy Investor's Guide to Day Trading" and "Rationalizations to Live By". Comments by clicking here. Visit his website by clicking here.